Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
22081
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/07/1999
Date of Amendment
21/07/1999
Name of Property
Pont Pengwern
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llansannan
Town
Locality
Pengwern
Easting
297884
Northing
366983
Street Side
Location
Roadbridge on the B5382 spanning a tributary of the Afon Aled and on the boundary of the parishes of Llansannan and Henllan; c4.5kms ENE of Llansannan, c2kms ESE of Bryn Rhydarian and c4.5kms WSW of Henllan
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Early C19 road bridge, built in 1827 to the designs and under the supervision of the county architect for Denbighshire, Thomas Penson (Jnr). The bridge was part of a scheme to build a new road between Llansannan and Henllan and spans the boundary of both parishes. Built by Robert Andrew, stone mason, at a cost of £250-0-0 and using local stone quarried limestone from Henllan and Llwynderw.
Exterior
Tall limestone road bridge with short single span culvert at the base. Built of hammerfaced limestone laid to courses; slab dripcourse and parapet capping. The walls of the bridge curve outwards to either side of the culvert at the base of the narrow river valley. The culvert is a single span arch of roughly dressed stone voussoirs with stressed keystone and dripcourse. Flanking the arch are tall tapering buttresses which reach to the dripcourse at the base of the parapet, and the buttresses are echoed by a sloping projecting bay at the extreme end of both sides.
Interior
The arched roof of the culvert arch is lined with brick.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual example of an early C19 road bridge.
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